Creative Chemistry
Fractional Distillation Apparatus
For this apparatus activity, students label a diagram illustrating the various equipment required for a fractional distillation experiment. Students label 11 parts.
Curated OER
Nuclear Reactors
In this nuclear reactors worksheet, learners use a diagram to match 28 words into a paragraph describing the parts of a nuclear reactor and what job they perform.
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Capacitors
Wikipedia offers detailed information on capacitors, including a hyperlinked table of contents for easy site navigation.
Other
Fun Science Ring: Leyden Jar
Everything you need to know about how Leyden jars work, and how to construct your own. Many pictures, references, other sites, other electrostatics projects and topics.
Other
Farad Net: Electrolytic Capacitor Book
An entire book on electrolytic capacitors. Originally published 1938 and website version is an in-progress update. Part 1 is sufficiently general and current to give one a background in capacitors and electrolytic capacitors.
Other
Warm Air: Central Air Conditioning
The operation of conventional air conditioners are described. Their parts and the refrigerant/heat exchange cycle is discussed. The use of alternative geothermal systems are explained.
Other
Science Playwiths: Electricity and Magnet Playwiths
A relatively easy set of instructions for building a Leyden jar, and an easy-to-understand explanation of how it works.
The Franklin Institute
Franklin Institute Online: Electrified Ben
This site from the Franklin Institute Online provides a somewhat simplistic but interesting tale of Ben's electrical activities. Fine link to "electricity bells", in Franklin's own words. Some other links to projects, maybe not so...
Other
Warmair.com: Refrigeration Cycle
The expansion-compression-condensation cycle of a refrigerator is discussed and explained. Understandable language but no graphics.